Etihad Airways Appoints New General Manager for Kazakhstan

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has appointed Robert “Dougie” Douglas as its General Manager for Kazakhstan.

Mr Douglas, who assumes his new role on 1 July, will lead the airline’s commercial
operations in Kazakhstan based in Almaty. He will also be responsible for further
growing Etihad Airways’ relationships with its travel trade and corporate customers.

Mr Douglas’ aviation career spans more than three decades, including
over 10 years with Etihad Airways, prior to which he worked with British
Airways and its partner airlines in more than 10 countries, including
Kazakhstan.

He joined Etihad Airways in 2005 as the Manager for Northern India and
Nepal, based in New Delhi, and later served as the airline’s General Manager
for Indonesia for seven years before moving to Yerevan as General Manager for
Armenia.

Etihad
Airways’ Vice President - Global Sales, Danny Barranger, said: “Dougie is an expert airline manager, knows Kazakhstan and the
region very well, and his wealth of knowledge and experience from having
previously worked and lived in Almaty will be instrumental in further
strengthening our presence in the market.”

Etihad Airways currently flies daily between Abu Dhabi and Kazakhstan, with five weekly services
to Almaty and two weekly services to Astana. Both routes are operated by a two-class
Airbus A320 aircraft configured with 16 Business Class and 120 Economy Class
seats.